This is a meloncholy post....I've been trying to get a little housework done and basically all I can do is reflect.....I am at a loss and can't go forward -- mostly because I don't know if I can or want to. I know, usually I am a happy, positive person, but this trip I am on right now has been filled with times I've run out of gas, bumpy roads and dead ends. As you look at these pictures of Grandma and Grandpa, I want you to think about the road trip each of you has had with them -- and the happy times and the lessons they have taught you. This whole thing makes me think about the book...Love You Forever....and that is the time it is for me...time to take care of my parents and give back to them the love and care they have always given me. They both have had their shares of uphill climbs in the last 18 months. Sometimes we get a little downhill coast for a few miles, but then it seems like it's more trying to climb the hill. For the last month, they both have had RADS and haven't been able to bounce back. Mom has had to have two different transfusions to deal with the myleodysplasia, both times receiving three units of blood. Between two cataract surgeries for Dad, the RADS with both of them, Mom's blood disorder and both of them being given right out - it's been a rough road. I always try to think positive and focus on getting back -- but maybe we can't go back. Maybe we don't know where the highway is leading us...and I don't know if I want to see.
Please, please..keep them in your prayers. Contact them and let them know you care. Do everything you can do, so you know you did your best for them. Make them happy to be your grandparents and don't get so busy you forget to let them know you care.
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Mom, please don't be discouraged. It makes me sad when you are unhappy. Thanks for the reminder of what grandma and grandpa mean to us all. I love you and love them. I hope you know that you will be repaid for services, both in blessings and when you are aging. We will take care of you too, come what may. Love you.
Mom you are making me cry. I know you are discouraged, but try not to be. You do such a wonderful job taking care of them, and as hard as it may seem, this is just how life is. We have all been so blessed and lucky to have such good memories of them, and I'm sure there will be many more to come. They are lucky to have you to take such good care of them. We love them and you very much!
I am not going to tell you get happy because sometimes you deserve to have a breakdown but, please know that we are all concerned for them as well as you! They have done so much for all of us and we are blessed to have had them be so much a part of our lives. I know that they both are strong and will continue to fight, we just need to be their ringmen. You are a wonderful daughter who has put their needs before your own however, give yourself some credit on how far you have brought them in the last 18 months!!! Many of these things would not have been able to be successful if it wasn't for your constant attention and care. We love our grandparents and we love you!!!
This must be so hard for you. I remember when my dad was taking care of Grandpa Winterton. That was one of the hardest times in our families life. watching him go through everything he did just about killed my dad. Sometimes it seems so unfair to me. I don't want my parents to get old...I want them around forever!
Hang in there!
Kati
Aunt Billie Sue,
I just wanted to tell you Thank You for all that you do to take care of Grandpa and Grandma.
Love you!!
I just recently lost my Grandma and I was thinking of all the fun times and memories I have of her. I feel you all are so blessed to still have grandma and grandpa playing active roles in each of your lives and helping make memories that will forever be cherished, the good ones and the hard ones. I hope you know how much we love you and all you do for every one of us.
Mommy, you made me cry...I love you so much, and you are my inspiration. Even when I try not to be, I am just like you (taking on too many things because I love them all!) and seeing all that you can accomplish allows me to fight through the crazy times, too. Please know how much we love love. As long as we're living, our Mommy you'll be!
Thank you all for your comments....I really do appreciate all of your kind words. I am not the only person who takes care of my parents -- there are many -- including all of you. As you can imagine, however, it is just about impossible to imagine life without them...however selfish that is, and difficult to see them suffing, as well. Thank you - you all bolster me!
I have been coming back and forth to your blogg wanting to comment but I just have not known what to say. It has been hard to see grandma and grandpa get older and have their way of life change so much. I sat and watched grandpa in the field repairing fence today and I had to think about the Life they have had. What great examples they have been to all of us!! Thank you for helping them with all of the twist and turns they have gone through, I bet it will actually be a time we will remeber for all the times that again they have got through.
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